Suitability of pesticide risk indicators for Less Developed Countries: A comparison

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Feola, G ^a,b   Rahn, E ^a,c   Binder, C R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Federal Office for Spatial Development   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assessment; Colombia; Environmental risk; Indicator; Occupational health risk; Pesticide use

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESOURCE USE; RISK FACTOR; SMALLHOLDER; TOXICITY;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 80051579463     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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